6 opinions so that the researcher could understand how their general attitude was
towards English word stress.
D. Research Objectives
There are two objectives of this research, notably: 1.
To determine the opinions of the seventh semester students towards stress placement of English words with -eous, -ic, -ity, and -ion suffixes.
2. To determine the mastery of stress placement of English words with -eous, -ic,
-ity, and -ion suffixes among the seventh semester students.
E. Research Benefits
The contributions of this research are rigorously described in this subchapter. Four main parties can benefit from this research, notably the ELESP lecturers, the
seventh semester students, English teachers, and future researchers.
1. For English Language Education Study Program Lecturers
This research aims to encourage the lecturers of ELESP to provide a more commensurate approach to teaching Phonetics Phonology and Pronunciation
Practice. The lecturers of all those subjects are therefore motivated to teach more strictly, because they bear the excellence of ELESP of Sanata Dharma University.
Though the duties of an educator are not solely about creating competence among
7 students, it is still worth considering the long-
term effect of students’ oral competence.
2. For English Language Education Study Program Students
Students can also benefit since this research discusses the performance of EFL adult learners’ competence in pronunciation so that they are able to notice the
points that need improvement. Moreover, students can be more confident and literate when speaking, which leads them to becoming accomplished speakers. The
quality that the students have will reinforce their speaking ability that results in better chance when applying for a job directly related with the use of spoken
English.
3. For English Teachers
The role of English teachers is not solely in giving practical lessons in grammar, but also in developing a communicative purpose. To achieve a specific
communicative purpose, English teachers need to pay attention to pronunciation, especially to word stress. English teachers will benefit from this research since it is
designed to pinpoint EFL learners’ difficulty in pronouncing English words accurately. By highlighting the findings in this research, for example, English
teachers can construct a more suitable approach to teaching pronunciation at an early stage.
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4. For Further Researchers
For further researchers, the researcher hopes that there would be more research concerning stress placement on other suffixes. There are numerous other
topics covering prosodic phonology that have not been thoroughly researched by undergraduate students, some of which including the relationship between suffixes
and stress. Thus, the researcher suggests that further exploration of the interconnection between English stress and suffixes be executed.
F. Definition of Terms
